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4N lIISTOIUML ••. *- (30 l'ire tAMiGN OF 13 UO : NT A P kii l f4ll4 ':ZZIrt , MT „) : E THE YEAIi7S 1700 AND MM. ( ' 4): , 04 ti 1: 1 7 (gontinuei4d, •• .$ :if.. • - ;.. • - 4AIA I 4c.E OF TUC. FRENcIi• IN,TO yER9NA. T hiSl:eity...rs..o ne of • t hose skillet' suffered: Most during litn;t4AraitTt's . farnou4.-Cirnpaign in July. shalli'P'e2E in a par . tichlar Chapter of the hor ?ible treatment which' , she experienced in 1'797, "hen, by the-most just of insurreaions, she endea voured to sllake off the iron yoke which the French► . ha d imposed upon h ers _At p.resent, we speak ot their first entrance in the summer of 1796. It Will be inturally . asked' why they entered this ci ty at all. They had•tio, right •there. The State of Venice was at peace with France it had done /iothingto disturb the harmony which 'existed be teen the tiro nations ; when, on' a sudden, it P le ased the French to invade, the Arenetian,territnry, an d treat a friendly and allied people, 'as ate enetnly is t reated, w i t h a ll tbe . iigour of ': • Th e Author. of. the History of the Italian/Cant rh:rg°' ' Ol 6 recounts this event, expresse l s h?rnkif " s .m anner 'The 13th Prwrial, the clip ii oll of ~etreral MA ENA4 t iok<potsession of Verona,7._ . • tlak 'po's . Sessibn atinailitce a military eipedi 7 ti "" i but riO'nfiliirY‘OXP'4iti9l,l' is 'allowable agaiti4t as a llY• This is'citio A;h.6507‘ fundamental .princi. s P i " whiCh: connednationS-together ; and he 'who vt°l,jtes it, lhtant a 1 ; -;'daartable. : rnoti;;e,"i'sMeX 7 •.'.lrhe Authojite - so igeilltivartldf - this,Thathe al ledges a pretext to Colioit , n . r. he:iiiiision . ofsMA'ss'ENA ; •.'• • • • • - and his pretext is..truly - Verhok,',!,says,..l-10, , " • 0'.fektsdays before, hau v3beeil.the refugeof Louts Sirxl4lS - I..Aus, the brother e French,' "ar l ct'his littl'e ( 66urt , 14f tOl,igrantsi, ,to-whom the Veueiians,had not only wor ded an, asylum, but-Oven a certain 'degree of S , T.c here, 't h'en, 'the Crime of the . V6ne ni4r; ghey.had•afforded an asylum to the brother 4:4 onarchde - thriiiled. ; and murdered by rebels ! 4 3 ( I f "T • • fluky forig it' been'a critn, to receive and ! Ile cPtir the - unfortunate ?. And if the meatiest 'objet' . 11. distress claims our regard-=if he becomes, as it We re, sacred by calamity, .Res Sam'a Miser—what should 'we feel f or an unhappy Prince, *fib fallen 'from a greater • height than the rest of mankind, ought seritirnents of pity more liVely and Profonnd ?.' A .ittrctet. Mutt have abjured every prin ciple of -morality, thus tki convert into a crime a timplc aEt of virtue; di&ated by humanity. self r. even thiS pretekt did net exist *lien Mas *k entered Vero na , _since Louis STAstistikus.had 4.1 ee " . ton e f o r a considerablle time, ,trot only Ifom that e IY, blt from the Venetian territory ; and he tv aci qui , ted it by the express order 'of the Senate, h ° apprehended that, by affording hitt hospitality, s uwld offend the French Republic. s "TekeVer this May be, all that this conteMptible cri_bbler, 'this 'enemy 'ofkingq,. says of the invasion , atki Ve . ro n 'ins been said by BUONAPARTE himself, flical.in a ma nner infinitely itdre atrocious, - in his rePnrt to the Direaory b'f Paris. Read, if . ' °u 'eao, the4ollowing word's ‘.` 'entered Verona with an intention of quitting , the followin g morn i ng. i ma d e up scrup l e of de'. _ via ring to th e inhabitants, 'that if the King 'of _ Fr ance had not l eft their city before I crossed t h e I world have reduced to ashes a place sufE ttently insolent to suppose itself the 'Capital of the l'rench Empire," knoW not' it any- of the most frantic republi f:s. whom th e French Revolution has spawned, r.vexpressed themselves with an equal degree of to ,?:' but I am perfeelly sure that the man who 11 "id writ e t hi s must have a mean, a cowardly, and mo st °st savage soul. An expression like this is suf- le '' t te cover hi t n w h o cou ld use it w i t h t h e j e t e st Infamy : nO excUse, no dignity, can veil dis Pace of haling used such language, which -Qu id not be tolerated in the mouth of ROBE -4184" 0 1 . 111tly' AT... /1g of have reduced th e c it y t o as h es if t h e / I gof France h a d been there.',' You would then f i ve destroyed in the conflagration, your Master ! lad your Sovereign, for such he was, and such he 1 4111 is. He whose charitable hands deigned to nou rish-Sou—he who drew from obscurity your tent family, un k nown before your crimes; for the h atilt of your mother, and the infamy of your fa i.ner, :who lived in that sha me , h a d only been pub %lied in Corsica,! • I would have reduced the to NVh„,., cityashes . " at must all a city,- all a great and populous `"Y have fallen'a 'sacrifice to the flames, because it had • veq shelter to a just and good King, pro r b ed by a faaious multitude ! And BUONAPARTS • not afraid to utter thelhorrible menace ! And lie • 4/4--3.ts of it i n hi s dispatches to the French Govern '. 41 ebt ! • This expression will live in the g y page of histor, "tlti posttrity will execrate the wretch who penned I bouzit he were not, ao he is, loaded with other crimes, it would place Lhn by the side of NERO, it . ? 'Would rank him in the class Of nuinster's ! faet, the mare we ccnaider these infernal ex • 'pressions, the more di ffi culty we find in persuading ,• , , ourselves that human nativ e could attain such a pitch of incomprehensible atrocity. To banish the idea - of so hudliliating a subject, let . us cite a trait diametrically oi)Posite to it,' and which does lion Our to human nature : this trait is of GEORGE 111. King of England; of him, whom BUONAPARTE, and hi's vile sycophants, accuse of persecuting the *lrish ! This Prince learns that Car dinal YORK is ruined by the French Revolution ; that he has even been obliged to quit Rome, and 'cross the sea in qUeSt of an asylum. Without de lay, he settles on this unfortunate old man a pension 'Of 'four thousand a year. He forgets, at once, that this Cedilla' assumed for many years the title Of ding of 'England; that he caused himself to . be :treated. as such, and to be entered, in that name, in /he Calendar of the Papal States. • 'This trait will'be re]d with suffusions of delight by:our, children's children. See here, they will say,: a: Prince 'to whom the Throne was dde., Since hiS heart was at t:wee tire seat of opt2ness and ju . stiCe I , 1 1.0nnot bring myself to-finish this chapt•er, with r4flediari2tritly ear Ming for BUONA.• PARTE. He is at present lijzti, and "very liigh ; to morrow he may fall, as low—and 'aft. higher Jleio, the more tremendous may be his fall;:.- -; • Altioresset. • C agiso et impulsx prceceps inupane Let 03 Auppos,,then, that, by this fall, at once po3blie and desirable, he was compelled to'sdek au . „ ;asylum. Where could. lie find it ? in..what part.of the .world could he live in safety l. Could it be in Europe'? He has oppressed and laid waste all i,ts lkingdoffs, and he will be covered there with uni. versal- maledialons :for.; generations yet to . cOme.--- Could it be in Afr:Ca 'or 'Asia ? There too he has shed blood, "anacintirnitted'crimes. 'Could it be in America'? Alas ! that region hastesounded with the -noise Of 'his enormities, and one of its fairest Colo .nies '(Sr. Domingo) justl'y'imputes to hiin the great est part of her calamities. Beside, by what title -could he ask hospitalit;r; he who declared that he would ‘‘ reduee a city to asheis," nietely becaase it had served to shelter an unfortunate and proSeribed Monarch? He would be obliged to conceal himself in thedepths of - the fairest, amidst wild beasts, far legs ferocious :than himself. He would be like Cain, a fugitive, a wanderer, and bearing, where `ever he went, on his foreheid,. a visible sign of re probition. He would see in each Man lie met an avenger of the innumerable vidim whom he had sacrificed :o his frathiC ambition ! May the Almighty ) who' watches over ,hutitati affairs with such justice ) give this 1e,50n to the Wicked, and this aw;fUl spea r acle to the earth ! EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM Al OttiCER IN . SIR JOHN MOORE'S - ARMY. V A t.r..Abduri," Nov. 22.--We are now 4,00 b .strollg in this cityand ,the environs. Part of the ar tillery is with us ; the remainder is expected to- . Morrow. On our match, we received an account that a large French force was in possession of this , • piade, and, in conSequenbe of this intelligence, a re treat was,ordeted. But ve soon afterwards learned that the French did not e►ceed 1060 cavalry, who had made a dash for the sake of plunder. Atter all our fatigues, tke , are well accommodated here, and are free from sickness ; the weather has not been so bad as we . exPeCted ; altho' this is called the rainy season, we have, had but two days rain. Several Spanish Otlicers, who understand English, Met us on our march, with orders to attend us, and to do: 'their best for promoting our convenience. We can not join Sir D. BAIRD in lest than ten days.—P. S, There is a report that Barcelona has fallen." CORUNNA, DEC. I.—Tat Of Sir JOHN MOORE'S army had assembled at Salamanca, on the 26th of last month, and the whole was to advance by three separate routes, viz. by Almeyda, Albuquerque, and Badajos; but, from the badness of the roads, it was thought our troops.could not got together in a body before the 6111 or sth of this month. From the want bf accommodation, our troops have been under the necessity of marching in single regiments, and sometimes in half battalions. On the 26th the army was in good health and spirits." The following is an account of the total Supplies (sent and ordered) of the description under-own tioned, for the Spanish ArMies, as transmitted by the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER to the LORD MAYOR, and read at the City Meeting yesterday by Mr. ROWCRaT : Suits of Glothiilg for - 9tw 2 o men 4 ,pouteu Cloth for - - 150,000 (into ' • • Great Coats - - - 5 Cloth for Great Coats . .. . 5 :::: (.. 100,000 'Shirts - - - - - 35,000 Sheeting - - - . .. - too,oooyards. Callicu - . - - 882-,co:, do. Linen - - - 113,000 00.. . Shoes—as many as can be procured. Of the above articles the following have been ac tually forwarded to Spain at different times : Uniforms complete for - - - 58,500 men. Cloth for ditto - , - - - 5 0 000 do. Linen and Callico - ~ - - 20o,00cyards. Great Coats • - - - - - 33,75 0 Shirts - - - - - 23,0c0 Shoes . - - - 73, 0 *0 • On Wednesday sennight a private of the Ox fordshire Militia was shot, whilst relieving guard, in Cold Harbour, Gosport, by an Officer on board the hulk of his Majesty's Ship Hydra, who was shooting at ducks. The ball atterw:lrds lodged in a -window-sh Otter. The man-, we are-happy- to hear, is uQt likely to lose his life by the,accident. SPANISH PATRICT.7. A numerous and most respeaable Meeting of the Merchants of London and others, took .place yes terday at the New London Tavern, in Eitthangate street, pursnant to an Advertisement,. in peer tp take into consideration the propriety of opening a subscription, for the purposes of supplying•the Spa nish Patriots engiigeil in the field in defence of the independence of their country, with 'Articles of Clothing, and other Necessaries. The LORD MAYOR, who presided on the occa sion, stated very shortly the objeas for which the .Meeting ,had been called together; and expressed his conViction, that they were of such a nature as mitst,powerfully recommend themselves to the feel ings* every Gentleman present ; so much so in deed, that they were far from requiring his recom mendoticin, Sir R. Wtortsas spoke shortly to the same effect. Mr. Alderman RowcttoFr then rose, and in a .very neat speech 'entered - more fully into an explas nation of the motives of those Gentlemen who had proposed calling together the present Meeting, All must be aware, he observed, of the.grear exertions which had been made by Government in aid of 'the Spanish Ntriots, and it was quite certain that the - popular sentiment of the country fully went along with them. Still, however, it had occurred that the City of LOridon might be the organ of cod- . Neying to the Supreme Junta of Spain the ardent wishes of • the people of this country, and that in the most substantial manner in which it could be done. This, he conceived, while it manifested the feelings 'of the people of this country, wou ld • not . fail to prove highly - gratifying to the Patriots of Spain, as a pledge of the interest which we took in the successes of their exertions. He thlinght it ne ceSsary to obServe, that since the notification of this -Meeting had been Made public,. it had drawn - the attention of Ministers, Who -naturally felt scime! `ankiely,- lest the detlared object of the Meeting shot 'Seetn to throw some'refle6licin on them, as if they had not done all that was in •their power 'for supplying the wants of the Spanish Patriots. This had produced a lett e r from Mr. Perces/a,' Which 'he should now take the liberty to 'read, " My Lour), " Unders .- tafiding that a Meeting is tO be toti4irened under the sane ion of your Lordship, for • the put- • pose of a SubseriptiOn 'for the purchase of sheei, 'clothes, and other necessaries for the Spanish ariny, I feel it necessary to furnish yoU with the fullest in formation of what has been already done, and what is now doing by Governnient for these ohjeEts. hope I shall not be So, far 'misunderstood, as to be supposed desirous repressing any proofs which the 'City of LondOn may be 'disposed to give, of that sentiment which is felt so generally in this country; but I feel apprehentive, that unless great caution is used, some injury might be done to that cause which it is the Objeet, of the Meeting to promote. I ' therefore think it necessary to inform you, that as to the purchase of shoes, which is stated as the first object of the subscription, Government have taken every means of procuring an abundant supply. From the orders they had given, not only in Eng land, but in Ireland'and Scotland, they expea to be Pirnished with 40 or 50,000 pair a month, for the , British and .Spanist armies. If the zeal of indi viduals were to go farther, there would be a great danger that it Would create a competition, which - . would raise the price, and be otherwise injurious: The same observatiOn Would also apply to a Sub:- scription for the pu'rpOse of. buying uniforms or' Clothing. As to . arins, ordnance,, or field equipage, ' it would be unnecessary for me to trouble your Lordship on those heads. .The money; however, which might be 'subscribed, might be applied to the purchase of other articles which could not inter fere With those on which Government' are ecetipied, And which would have the advantage of Manifesting unequivocally to Spain, that besides the Govern 'ment.-Of this country, she- has with her the strong poplilar wish and general feelineof the people of this Country." This', Mr. B tWCRoF' 'observed, Was highly cre ditable to Government. Still, however, there were many objets to which the produce of private sub scriptions might be applied, without counteraeting . the efforts of Government, and which would meet' with their.unequivocal approbation, while they wet e expressive of the generous feelings of the people of this country ; and he had no doubt that the exam ple of London would be followed by all the great Cities of the Kingdom. There were many requisites for the Spanish Patriots, which private munificence might contribute to provide for, without interfering with the exertions of Government. But in order to be properly guarded, it would be first necessary to choose a Committee, who might seleet the proper objets to which the subscriptions should be direeted, and carry into efleift the measures for attaining those obje&s. Mr. Rowcroft then moved the first fieSo- , lution, " That it was the sense of the Meeting, that Subscriptions should be immediately enteredinto, for supplying the Spanish Armies with Necessaries.'` This Resolution was carried unanimously ; and with much applause. Mr..QUIN said, that he should not make any apo logy for rising to address that most respectable meet ing on a subject that was of others the most portant, and that which most affected the interests of the human race,' namely, the exertions of' the Spanish Patriots in support of the independence of ' their country. (Applause). When subscriptions were entered into for the relief' of the Poles, he thought they did honour to this country ; but the fate of Poland was comparatively unimportant when compared with that of Spain, whether the 'immedi ate interests of this country were considered, or. the general liberties of Europe, and of the human race. Nay, the claims of the Spanish cause might. be con sidered as at least .equal, if not paramount, - to those of the Patriotic Fund, which did so much honour to :the liberality and munificence of this country. He should not now allude to the reports of the disasters of the Spanish Armies;. these were to be expe6ted in the first instance, without giving ground for despair; but whatever might be the fate - of Spain, he trusted that even her expiring struggle in de-, fence of liberty would be .atteoded with the ap plause, and cheered by the munificence of Britons (Applause.) • Mr. RowcßoFT here observed, that heivas autho ..cis,:d to say, that Don A,podaca,- the Spanish Envoy at our Court, had most willingly eng.ted to be the I ~, organ t.troup w_l i lcit a _now edge of tile Ceettt E,c. anirintinifiTiee7or the .people of London - might op conveyed to the Supreme .by whylv yt as Certain they would be received with highest gra= tification, In proof ofthis, he read, a extraa from the,. Madrid Gazette of the sth of . NoveMber, Which Count Flotitla Blanca, the President, e pieSSe the gratitude of that fiody;. and of the Spanish Na- . tion, for the liberality which an unlitioWn inhabitant Of London had displayed, in transhiitting the gift a several thousand reals, amounting td i6Ol. for the use of the Spanish • the Meeting then .pro6e'eded to form a Com mittee, composed of a great number of the most respetiable merchants of London, for the purpose of carrying into etred the objects for which they were assembled.. BoOki were initnediately opened for subscriptions, and we have the satisfaelion to state, that upwards of, ;0,0001. were subscribed in Mess than 'half an hour.--Vide (he Advertisement in the second page of our Paper.. The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted td 'the 'LORD MAYOR, whO rOplied iu a very neat d , appropriate speec h . POLICE. l3o;w-STR6:T.-0aThursday -evening .the inves tigatiou of the charge for uttering a forged bill, pre ferred by. Mr. King, against Mr. H. the - 21.trorney, . was resumed by Mr: llcAp, :when -Mr. George .Huff' attended, and proved that he knew Mr. John .Horner, ()f t Copthall-court-buiidings 3 that lie' re- Sided there from .the` month of September, ffto7, till the 24th of December; when he left London, and went into the &jollity, in consequence. of bis being,embarrassed. He stated, -1 - iat he will a „Manchester agent, and - accepted a . number of bills ; .he, frequently visited him at the warehouse _in Copthall-court-buildings, and often saw him write.3..and had , no doubt but the acceptance of thtt ,bill in dispute was, the writiag of the same Mr: John Horner., The witness underwent a long and severe-cross= examination, resp.k=•6ting his cuon-atioclance in the moriling„ancl his connoai9o with John Honker. Mr. ALLEY addressed. the Magistrates at some levit on behalf of;Mr. H. and,sai4 .he was conti;• dent he must be satistied'as to the bill being a debt, John Horner having been und.,uhtedly pr(;ved to reside or trahslet business at the place where the bill purported to be. made payable at. Mr. READ :observed, that the ide of the nen entity of Mr. Horner being done awq, he.should discharge Mr. H. which was accordingly done. . Coax, DEC. 2.—On Friday night last, in crime gnence of information received by 'Kingston Rollie, Esq. SurVeyor of Excise—he, accompanied by Mess. Francis H. Matthews, Williani and Charles Holton, (the Officers of his Survey) proceeded to a Glen be,;- tween the Dublin and Mallow roads ; within' three miles of this City, where they deleted a• private dist tillery, furnished with every necessary apparatus. /competent for the process of ; horn thb casks found in the doricern, it appeared as ii it was frorri Molasses -titey Worked. This Still is, as we understand, one of the largest private ones ever dew tefled, its contents being about 2QO gallons, and not what is generally termed a Pot, but a regular Cop per Still, and made on the most modern plati Too much appli,u e cannot be htstowed do those gentle men fin- the persevering activity, - unwearied' atten tion, and fatiguing exeitions displayed by them on thi4 occasion : they arrived at the distillery at eleven o'clock on Friday night, and .did not sleep,,but were constantly on the alert to arrest some, of the persons employed in the workQ J but without etfetA,. though every effiirt possible was made; and the did not re turn until twelve o'clock on Saturday, \rhea they lodged in his Majesty's Excise Store, the still, the backs, which•they were Oblii,Ted to break into staves, some spirits, ground corn, &c. A melancholy accident, too often the conscqnence of indiscretion or ignorance, occurred in the fore-. noon of rriday last, at a lime pit, belongi►►g to Mrs. Slodden, in the Old Dover 'toad, near Canterbury. Three servants of Mr. Fleet, of Tyler Hill, were digging in the pit, when either from being under mined, or from being loosened by the late;l►eavy rains, the chalk on a sudden gave_ way, and falling on two of them, crushed one,. a young man of the name 'of William Walker; waggoner's mate, 19 years of age, to instant death. The other, id the name of Bedwell, although nearly buried in the frag ments, escaped with some severe contusiOns, and a broken collar-bone; he was taken to the liens and Canterburyllospital, and is in a state of convales cence. The Inquest of the Coroner, of course, found a verdiet of Accidental Death on the body of Walker. The following accident occurred lately at Bide, ford, Warwickshire,:--As a man, named Careless, and his son, were taking a load of ragslo ton Mills, owing to the darkness of the nigb . r, tiny missed the road near the tOrmer place;: and, over turning the cart, they were both killed on the sp9t.. They were found the next morning, by some peovtel who were going to work the shafts lying upon th e. man, and the boy with his head under ,a ,it appeared that the youth lad struggled hard tor his life, by the earth being kicked trom. • bznenth, feet; but, unfortunately, he was. not- able to ey.. 7 -1- cate himself. An inquest anti Ir.tld on the i t .i, j di oi the next day. Verdiets-4ccidvita' Death., On Tuesday, the Lotter' Wheel goes sound : who would adventure iior the greatest chance ever known, Invii no titre to lose; after the first day it may be to:) as the whole are to he drawn in four days. Tv_kcti an, Shares arc on sale at and Co.'s Offices, No.. tl, Poultry, No. 12, C;,ar ing-cross, and No. 31, Aldgate High-street. Tuesday Next will be a great day of rejoicing. ; nt. Nine o'clock in the morning the too begets. I,ef;t4 Tickets dancing round four Grandees of 20;00u:. each, with their train of attendants, 10,tiou,.5teti)!. ioool. 5001. 1001. bOl. &c. Ii will chdro,- ing to have an engaging partner. TiLkets.atid Siiarcs„ entitling you to choose which yon itke, may !)t -had at No. 26, Coruhill, or Si.. '.`&ir. : ;iirt's Hid. Borough, the old established 5t4 , ..t where—Prizes are pai - ,1 in derrnit, - "tyit'e - :%. 1 : ; ;; mo i it obedient humLik